Reach for New Possibilities

We are here to offer our skills in the areas of communication, problem solving and behavior change. We do this through a service called coaching, in which you come to us for help in making decisions and implementing them in order to achieve goals that you have set for yourself. The coaching staff at Prairie View Process Solutions includes licensed mental health professionals who are trained to help people learn new skills and make significant behavior changes.

How Can Coaching Help Me?

Coaching is increasingly being chosen by persons seeking confidential professional assistance outside of the traditional medical/mental health arena. Whether you are an executive seeking career guidance, or a supervisor wanting input on more effective motivation strategies, coaching offers a refreshing option. We have a variety of assessment tools that, when used within the coaching relationship, provide a powerful template to guide personal and professional growth.

How Do I Get Started?

Any coaching relationship begins with a shared understanding of the goals, roles and responsibilities, a well as the potential risks and benefits of coaching. These and other relevant issues are outlined in a coaching letter of agreement that is signed by both parties at the beginning of the coaching relationship. Our pricing structure outlines coaching fees.

Click here an additional type of coaching with a creative slant: “Inner Wisdom Coaching.”

Coaching vs. Psychotherapy

Although both coaching and psychotherapy use knowledge of human behavior, motivation, behavioral change and interactive counseling techniques, there are major differences in goals, focus and level of professional responsibility.

A coach’s job is to help you take information and skills that you already have and (1) make decisions about which changes you would like to make (including stress management skills, leadership skills, communication skills, how best to motivate others, etc.) (2) to develop a personal “action plan” in order to make those changes, (3) to implement your action plan and make the behavioral changes and (4) to develop strategies to maintain the changes you have made.

Psychotherapy, on the other hand, is a health care service. Its primary focus is to identify, diagnose and treat nervous and mental disorders. The goals include alleviating symptoms, understanding the underlying personality dynamics that create symptoms, changing the dysfunctional behaviors that are the result of these disorders, and helping patients to cope with their psychological problems. It is usually reimbursable through health insurance policies (while coaching is not, at present).

Psychotherapy patients are often emotionally vulnerable. This vulnerability is increased by the expectation that they will discuss very intimate personal information and will expose feelings about themselves that they are understandably sensitive about. The past life experiences of psychotherapy patients have often made trust difficult to achieve. These factors give psychotherapists greatly disproportionate power that creates a fiduciary responsibility to protect the safety of their clients. The coaching relationship is designed to avoid this power differential.